|Rank|Athlete|Country|Time|Behind|Points|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|1|Sven Kramer|Netherlands|1:53.98 TR|0.00|37.993|
|2|Sverre Lunde Pedersen|Norway|1:54.87|0.89|38.290|
|3|Jan Blokhuijsen|Netherlands|1:54.93|0.95|38.310|
|4|Denis Yuskov|Russia|1:55.13|1.15|38.376|
|5|Koen Verweij|Netherlands|1:55.42|1.44|38.473|
|6|Haralds Silovs|Latvia|1:55.48|1.50|38.493|
|7|Zbigniew Bródka|Poland|1:55.98|2.00|38.660|
|8|Bart Swings|Belgium|1:56.08|2.10|38.693|
|9|Håvard Bøkko|Norway|1:56.35|2.37|38.783|
|10|Jan Szymański|Poland|1:56.55|2.57|38.850|
|11|Bram Smallenbroek|Austria|1:57.44|3.46|39.146|
|12|Alexis Contin|France|1:57.58|3.60|39.193|
|13|Benjamin Macé|France|1:57.80|3.82|39.266|
|14|Konrad Niedźwiedzki|Poland|1:57.92|3.94|39.306|
|15|Sergey Gryaztsov|Russia|1:58.73|4.75|39.576|
|16|Patrick Beckert|Germany|1:59.08|5.10|39.693|
|17|Kristian Reistad Fredriksen|Norway|1:59.19|5.21|39.730|
|18|Luca Stefani|Italy|1:59.82|5.84|39.940|
|19|Marco Cignini|Italy|1:59.97|5.99|39.990|
|20|Ferre Spruyt|Belgium|2:00.00|6.02|40.000|
|21|Vitaly Mikhailov|Belarus|2:00.75|6.77|40.520|
|22|Milan Sáblík|Czech Republic|2:00.95|6.97|40.316|
|23|Ted Jan Bloemen|Netherlands|2:01.58|7.60|40.526|
|24|Moritz Geisreiter|Germany|2:01.64|7.66|40.566|

Question: how many athletes finished the race under 1:56?
Answer: 7